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  Sex Love and Sweet Suicide

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  Chinese by birth but spiritually Italian, Chin's strength and tenacity to overcome drugs, liquor, promiscuity and the very real attraction of suicide is a compelling read. Survival is innate as her abandonment in childhood teaches her to do whatever it takes to live. Her adventures take her across America and Canada as a young girl on her own; through the wild disco days, through a myriad of careers - from becoming a mother and wife to her multitude of lovers. And finally, to who she is now - still re-inventing herself.Sex, Love and Sweet Suicide charts Chin's life from the age of 2. She was abandoned by her mother when her Chinese father died and was left to fend for herself whilst being allegedly 'cared' for by various charitable institutions until she was fostered by a loving family aged around 7, but this too did not last. Her many early traumatic experiences: found in an apartment beside the dead body of a Chinese man and working as a runner for an opium den at the age of 5, are only two examples of many such episodes which indelibly marked her attitude to life and love. She spent her teenage years as a singer, a go-go dancer and the lover of many men, always moving on or running away when life got tough, as it inevitably did. Living a chaotic lifestyle was her norm until, aged 40, she decided her life had to change. Even then life did not run smoothly. This is a hard-hitting, true account of a difficult life yet it manages to convey hope and humour too. As Chin herself says, she is a survivor."

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  The Life & Legacy of Margaret...

  Julia Ward Howe

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  The present volume bears the name of Margaret Fuller simply, because it is by this name that its subject is most widely known and best remembered. Another name, indeed, became hers by marriage; but this later style and title were borne by our friend for a short period only, and in a country remote from her own. It was as Margaret Fuller that she took her place among the leading spirits of her time and made her brave crusade against its unworthier features. The record of her brief days of wifehood and of motherhood is tenderly cherished by her friends, but the story of her life-work is best inscribed with the name which was hers by birth and baptism, the name which, in her keeping, acquired a significance not to be lost nor altered.

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  Family Happiness

  Leo Tolstoy

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  After a brief romance, the 17 year old Marya falls in love with the much older Sergyei Mikhailitch, an old family friend, and the two are married. They share an initially blissful life but after moving to St. Petersburg, Marya becomes enchanted with society and a rift opens between the two.

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  Joseph Haydn

  Jeremy Siepmann

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  No great composer’s story is more predominantly happy than Haydn’s, though even his has its share of clouds. A classic rags-to-riches tale, it sees him move from humble beginnings through decades as a liveried servant to his emergence as the most popular and successful composer of his time. One of the healthiest and least neurotic artists in musical history, he did more than any other single figure to pioneer the symphony, the piano sonata and the string quartet – and he was the first truly great practitioner of each. Brilliant, strikingly original and blessed not only with genius but an infectious sense of humour, he was also profound and modest, and his music, copiously illustrated here, has brought happiness and illumination to millions.

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  Draplin Design Co - Pretty Much...

  Aaron James Draplin

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  A funny, colorful, fascinating tour through the work and life of one of today’s most influential graphic designers.   Esquire. Ford Motors. Burton Snowboards. The Obama Administration. While all of these brands are vastly different, they share at least one thing in com­mon: a teeny little bit of Aaron James Draplin.   Draplin is one of the new school of influential graphic designers who combine the power of design, social media, entrepreneurship, and DIY aesthetic to create a successful business and way of life. Pretty Much Everything is a mid-career survey of work, case studies, inspiration, road stories, lists, maps, how-tos, and advice. It includes examples of his work—posters, record covers, logos—and presents the process behind his design with projects like Field Notes and the “Things We Love” State Posters.   Draplin also offers valuable advice and hilarious commentary that illustrates how much more goes into design than just what appears on the page. With Draplin’s humor and pointed observations on the contemporary design scene, Pretty Much Everything is the complete package.

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  Between Heaven and Hell: A...

  Angie Freeland

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  Angie is a medium. Many say she is amongst the best. Happy in life, 35 years married to her wonderful husband, two children, now grown up. Angie is also very happy in her work as a medium.But her life's journey has been anything but happy.Cockney born, of Irish parents when life was tough being Irish in London. Alcoholism and domestic abuse featured in Angie's early life when she became aware of people that nobody knew about. Divorced parents, sexual abuse, her mum successfully raised Angie and her elder sister and brother. The people that nobody knew about were with Angie although she said nothing about them.Angie's life settled on marrying her second husband and soulmate but depression, being childless, discrimination whilst adopting and tragic deaths of her brother in law and sister all added to the roller coaster that was Angie's life. And those people were still around.Angie explored developing her ability to communicate with people who she now knew had passed into the spirit world. She knew that they supported her in life and would continue to do so on losing her beloved mother and a few years later her stepfather who had unexpectedly refused to speak to her leading up to his passing.Learn how Angie managed, with the help of her guides, natural abilities as a medium and her supportive husband, to have a happy, fulfilling and successful life achieving her dream to become an admired medium, supporting others in their life journeys.

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